Markus Reese
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Posted - 2013.03.24 21:29:00 -
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Domina Trix wrote:Quote:If you want to be techinical, than in fact the wrecked hull of a Titan would likely disintegrate very easily on entry into a planets atmosphere, compared to a highly dense meteor. Have you ever seen the weight of a small shard from a meteor, those thing weigh a tonne. The most likely scenario in my imagination would be the Titan wreck would disintergrate on entry with only a few shards actually making it to the ground. yet the titan seen in the dust video clearly did not completely disintegrate in fact a very large portion of it survived the impact with enough integrity to remain at an angle sticking out of the ground after that impact. Whichever way anyone spins the maths the amount of damage done to the planet is far less than it should be given what was supposed to have happened.
I am going back to the minimum control the ship had. True, it's shields were down, it was breaking up, and it's main drive system was gone.
However, if you wish to steer and maneuver something large and have control, auxiliary thrusters far from the center of gravity are required, plus backup contiginencies. Most battles happen over planets. It is not unfathomable the the Titans have redundant and isolated systems for attitude and control.
Simply put, the ship was too badly damaged to maintain orbit. It's main power was down. Power conduits to run the manuevering engines of a titan would be massive and an extreme liability. It is a most probable fact that each of these subsystems were independently powered.
Leviathan Components
Quite a number propulsion engines and power generators used in the construction of it. We also know that the main source of movement for a titan is it's jump engine system which has a direct fuel infusion system for it's operation.
Now as for the metals. Simply put, not all material into the process would be used in the end. There is waste scrap, the tooling needed for assembly etc. There are spaceyards full of this debris, not to mention complex alloys etc. that are formed in the production. I would need to actually spend the time to calculate out the overall densities and such and also read the details of the volume/mass densities to really comment. But that is time not interested in spending. |